• Type: Status
• Cost: Unplayable
• Keywords: None
• Effect: Gain 1 less energy at the start of each turn.

Danger: A-tier

A brutal disruption card: just having it in the deck drops your turn-start energy by 1 every turn. 3 energy to 2 energy severely cuts the cards you can play. Alongside Decay (Draw -1), it sits in the top tier of statuses, and even energy relics cannot prevent the flat -1. Multiple copies take you to 1 energy then 0 and the fight stops functioning. It is Unplayable, so it also clogs your hand — a double punch of energy loss and hand-space loss.

• Added by debilitating or void-family monsters — high-tier enemies that chip away at your resources
• Act 2+ elites and specific bosses are known to apply Waste Away
• Status cards exist only during combat and are auto-removed after the fight

• Medical Kit: play the status to Exude it. Stops the energy loss. One of the highest-priority statuses to remove
• 0-cost cards: 0-cost cards play fine even with reduced energy. A 0-cost-heavy deck mitigates the impact
• Finish fights fast: end the fight before the -1 energy cost compounds
• Energy relics: base energy of 4+ reduces a single Waste Away's relative impact

• Medical Kit: play Waste Away to Exude it. Restores your energy baseline
• Evolve (Ironclad): draw an extra card whenever you draw a status. More hand options help when energy is short
• Fire Breathing (Ironclad): deals damage every time you draw a status
• 0-cost cards in general: unaffected by energy reduction